Comments on: The N Word (and The View) http://journal.thisenddown.com/2008/07/18/the-n-word-and-the-view/ Writings and musings of Matt Stauffer. Thu, 20 Oct 2011 02:18:29 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Adam http://journal.thisenddown.com/2008/07/18/the-n-word-and-the-view/comment-page-1/#comment-11911 Adam Thu, 25 Sep 2008 03:36:56 +0000 http://journal.thisenddown.com/?p=1284#comment-11911 Tereva's comments were encouraging and enlightening for me, as a white guy. I hate the 'N' word. It sucks. I don't like it when anybody uses it. An all to familiar response (from my experience) that Whoopi and Sherri had often makes me feel frustrated and confused. I don't hate the word or any other form of hate or bigotry based on who's using it, but based on what it means to me, not necessarily what it means to black people, I don't think I can ever fully understand that, but what it means to me. Sometimes the racial divide seems so far to cross because of a lack of trust and/or understanding. It's like we can't believe that people with different skin color or really on the same team as us. That is what I saw going on with Elizabeth and Whoopi and Sherri in that clip. It's extremely frustrating and it hurts. Thanks for the thoughts Tereva. And why am I reading these things in reverse chronological order? Tereva’s comments were encouraging and enlightening for me, as a white guy. I hate the ‘N’ word. It sucks. I don’t like it when anybody uses it. An all to familiar response (from my experience) that Whoopi and Sherri had often makes me feel frustrated and confused. I don’t hate the word or any other form of hate or bigotry based on who’s using it, but based on what it means to me, not necessarily what it means to black people, I don’t think I can ever fully understand that, but what it means to me. Sometimes the racial divide seems so far to cross because of a lack of trust and/or understanding. It’s like we can’t believe that people with different skin color or really on the same team as us. That is what I saw going on with Elizabeth and Whoopi and Sherri in that clip. It’s extremely frustrating and it hurts. Thanks for the thoughts Tereva.

And why am I reading these things in reverse chronological order?

]]> By: Mom http://journal.thisenddown.com/2008/07/18/the-n-word-and-the-view/comment-page-1/#comment-11216 Mom Tue, 22 Jul 2008 13:12:54 +0000 http://journal.thisenddown.com/?p=1284#comment-11216 Several of us Mekis-types enjoyed reading Tereva's well-written commentary. Several of us Mekis-types enjoyed reading Tereva’s well-written commentary.

]]> By: Berry http://journal.thisenddown.com/2008/07/18/the-n-word-and-the-view/comment-page-1/#comment-11200 Berry Sun, 20 Jul 2008 04:48:12 +0000 http://journal.thisenddown.com/?p=1284#comment-11200 wow, what an interesting (and important) conversation, including Tereva's email response. I would not pretend to be able to speak to this issue on the same level as my friend Tereva, my respect for her is so high. At the same time, I must confess that I feel conflicted. Have you ever felt like you agreed with someone but you were afraid to verbalize your agreement or let them know because you were afraid they didn't come to their conclusion in the right way? That's kind of how I feel about Elizabeth Hasselbeck's response. I mostly agree with her but I think it's so much more complex than I perceived in her responses. Is it okay to come to the right conclusion even if you don't really understand? wow, what an interesting (and important) conversation, including Tereva’s email response. I would not pretend to be able to speak to this issue on the same level as my friend Tereva, my respect for her is so high. At the same time, I must confess that I feel conflicted.

Have you ever felt like you agreed with someone but you were afraid to verbalize your agreement or let them know because you were afraid they didn’t come to their conclusion in the right way?

That’s kind of how I feel about Elizabeth Hasselbeck’s response. I mostly agree with her but I think it’s so much more complex than I perceived in her responses. Is it okay to come to the right conclusion even if you don’t really understand?

]]> By: Jess (the nakehd one) http://journal.thisenddown.com/2008/07/18/the-n-word-and-the-view/comment-page-1/#comment-11191 Jess (the nakehd one) Sat, 19 Jul 2008 01:19:12 +0000 http://journal.thisenddown.com/?p=1284#comment-11191 There is this thing the Lutheran church has been walking through with the Mennonite church called "right remembering". Yancey talks a lot about this "policy" in his book "What's so Amazing About Grace?" How can we remove all memories of a wrongdoing and live in a world of forgiveness? There is this thing the Lutheran church has been walking through with the Mennonite church called “right remembering”. Yancey talks a lot about this “policy” in his book “What’s so Amazing About Grace?”

How can we remove all memories of a wrongdoing and live in a world of forgiveness?

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